Differential effects of IL-15 on the generation, maintenance and cytotoxic potential of adaptive cellular responses induced by DNA vaccination

IL-15 is an important cytokine for the regulation of lymphocyte homeostasis. However, the role of IL-15 in the generation, maintenance and cytotoxic potential of antigen specific T cells is not fully understood. Because the route of antigenic delivery and the vaccine modality could influence the IL-15 requirement for mounting and preserving cytotoxic T cell responses, we have investigated the immunogenicity of DNA-based vaccines in IL-15 KO mice. DNA vaccination with SIV Gag induced antigen-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the absence of IL-15. However, the absolute number of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells was decreased in IL-15 KO mice compared to WT animals, suggesting that IL-15 is important for the generation of maximal number of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. Interestingly, antigen-specific memory CD8 cells could be efficiently boosted 8 months after the final vaccination in both WT and KO strains of mice, suggesting that the maintenance of antigen-specific long-term memory T cells induced by DNA vaccination is comparable in the absence and presence of IL-15. Importantly, boosting by DNA 8-months after vaccination revealed severely reduced granzyme B content in CD8(+) T cells of IL-15 KO mice compared to WT mice. This suggests that the cytotoxic potential of the long-term memory CD8(+) T cells is impaired. These results suggest that IL-15 is not essential for the generation and maintenance of adaptive cellular responses upon DNA vaccination, but it is critical for the preservation of maximal numbers and for the activity of cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 33(2015), 9, Seite 1188-1196

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Jinyao [VerfasserIn]
Valentin, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Ng, Sinnie [Sonstige Person]
Beach, Rachel Kelly [Sonstige Person]
Alicea, Candido [Sonstige Person]
Bergamaschi, Cristina [Sonstige Person]
Felber, Barbara K [Sonstige Person]
Pavlakis, George N [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - enzymology
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology
Cytotoxic potential
DNA vaccine
Granzymes - analysis
HIV
IL-15
Immune response
Immune system
Interleukin-15 - deficiency
Interleukin-15 - metabolism
Knock out
Laboratories
Medical research
Rodents
SAIDS Vaccines - administration & dosage
SAIDS Vaccines - immunology
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - immunology
Vaccination - methods
Vaccines
Vaccines, DNA - administration & dosage
Vaccines, DNA - immunology

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.046

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC195670552X